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tOL tLV N4Ean t. VOL XLV NO.84 ~NEWBERRY, S. 0.. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 1908. TIEAWESS.0AYA HOME MISSION SOCIETY. Interesting Sessions Held Friday and Thursday Evening-Drs. Cooke and Graves Speak. The Woman's Home Mission So ciety is still in .cssion here, and the ladies have been encouraged by large and thoughtful congregations throughout the entire meeting. It is a pleasure as well as an uplift to have such noble women in our midst, and the recollection of their stay among us will long be remmebered. There are some of the smartest wo men in the State in attendance upon the conference, and it is a glorious thing to witness these talented wo en here making the sacrifice it al ays is to them to leave their home es and duties, and thus unselfish laboring in the vineyard of their rd. Thursday morning session of. the ference was called to order at nine lock with Mrs. W. L. Wait in the ir. She also conducted devotional ercises. Organization was effected, roll called, and reports from several of the officers received. A large por tion of ,the morning was consumed by Mrs. McDonald in conducting a work. ers' institute. At noon Miss Mutch the deaconess from Central church Spartanburg, conducted devotiona exercises. Exercises Thursday night wer( opened by devotional exercises by Rev. Jno. H. Graves, of Clemson col lege. The reports of the officers of the society were then taken up. Mrs J. W. Kilgo, the corresponding secre tary, reported a gain of 11 new or ganizations. Mrs. Rogers, the treas urer of the conference, reported gain of $782.62. Mrs. Wait, presi dent in this State, said in her annua message that the work of the Wo man's Home Mission society in Sout] Carolina was on a sure foundatior She said that the society stoo< against divorce, intemperance, chili labor and for rescue work. Miss Finnstrom, matron of th Door of Hope in Columbia, told o her work there and plead for enlare ed equipment. Friday morning's session opened a nine o'clock at which time devotions exercises were conducted by Mrs. I W. McDonald. Mrs. J. W.' Kilgo read resolution of sympathy for our former 'pres: dent, Mrs. W. W. Duncan.. in the los of her husband, the late Bishop V W. Duncan, wihose death occurre since the last meeting. The resolb tions were unanimously adopted b a rising vote and a telegram sei Mrs. Duncan. Question sof the city problem, in migration and m-ill work were take up and discussed. Rev. J. H. Graves was requested1 speak a few wvords to the conferenc Hfe made a strong talk and advis< hat at-tention he turned to the bo: as well as to the girls, tha.t is, to t2 future mill presidents and superi tendents as well as to the women wi i become perhaps the wives ese men or who will engage in wo love and mercy among them. St rther he plead with the ladies reet some of t'heir attention to t ys whor would take a stand egreat industries of the State il as giving the mill employ-e emselves attention. Mr. Gra' 'spoke of his need of a church a: parsonage et Clemson college. -Mrs. Boozer. of Greenville, inti daeed a resolution to assist in bui] ing the parsonage and the resoluti was unanimously adopted. Dr. A. B. Cooke, of Wofford e kere. was introduced and made a he f:rJ and interesting talk. The afternoon session was taken wvit-h reports and a verv fine pai 4S 1;ead (on rescue work by ~1 Knowlton. of~ (olumbia. !Satuirday morning's service was cap~ied principally with reports committees. Every district proi to try for an advance in funds fr $23.00 to $100.00 each daring coming year. Dr. A. B. Cooke. of Wofford< lege, again delighted his hearers w . one of his usually interesting ta] Mrs. E. S. Herbert, president of i,.i-m Temperance Workers South Carolina. and a woman who has ever stood for what was best and highest in life. gave a few very pertinent remarks on the temperance situation of our State and made a strong appeal to the good women to rally around this cause which v is at the bottom of all right living, and if triumphant would convert our land under the grace of God into a veri table paradise. Rev. J. H. Graves also ! addressed the conference and urged that mission study be given more at tention throughout the connection. The following officers were elected to serve for the coming year: President-Mrs. W. L. Wait, Mul lins, S. C. First V. P.-Mrs. R. W. Barber, Grover, S. C. Second V. P.-Mrs. G. W. Kin& Spartanburg, S. C. Third V. P.-Mrs. Warren DuPre, Spartanburg, S. C. Cor. Sec.-Mrs. Jas. W. Kilgo, Marion, S. C. Rec. Sec.-Miss Louise Barber, Greenwood, S. C. Treasurer-Mrs. Wm. A. Rogers, Spartanburg, S. C. During the morning a telegram was received from Mrs. W. W. Duncan, former president of the society, and widow of the late Bishop W. W. Dun can. The morning exercises were closed with devotional exercises by Mrs. J. W. Humbert, who for tnirty years has been corresponding secretary in this State for the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and who for a number of years has been considered one of the strongest pillars in that noble work. Satr.r&ay afternoon devotional ex ercises were led by Miss Mutch, dea coness from Spartanburg, and district 1 secretaries were elected for the com Sing year. i The delegate from Sumter, Mrs Beaumont, who was obliged to go l home on account of not being well, I left an invitation to conference to meet with the Home Mission Soeiety e in Sumter next year. The invitation f was unanimously accepted by a rising vote, and already the meeting is be ing looked forward to with muel .t pleasure and great expectations, a: Li Sumter will be a most excelleni . place for the next meeting, and it i; to be hoped the ladies who atteni s will leave the same beauttiful impress . on the citizens there that they havy s left on the hearts and memories of thi -. citizens of Newberry. d Sunday morning an experienec t- meeting was held, led by Mrs. Knowl Y ton, of Columbia. This was indee< t an hour of refreshing and inspirini exper-ience, as different women from - the mountains to the seaeost told ho, n their Lord had been with them an< sustained and upheld them during th' o past year and during their past lives . Dr. E. 0. Watson, the gifted an< d eloquent presiding elder of Mario> s district, preached a most -magnificen tsermon at the regular hour for morr - -ing service, eleven o 'clock. Therei o la charm and a m'agnetism about D: f Watson 's preaching that holds th k closest attention of his congrega-tior 11 and on this occasion inspired as h o was with his theme and with tia e surroundings, for many there werei ni the congregation before him wit as whom he had been closely associate es in the years gone by and who remen 'es ber him not only as an exceller d preacher but as their loving, sympi 'thetic, and helpful pastor. Dr. Wa o- son has for several years been one< Id- the first preachers in the South Ca n olina conference. During the morning service Mi ol- Emma Kilgo, of Duncans. S. C., sa p-a very beautiful solo. The afternoon service was a ma ap Imeeting for the children and the a erdresses of Miss Mutch and Mrs. M1 rs. Donnell were greatly app)reciatedI the little folks. e- The night service was presid< of over by Dr. J. W. Wolling and Mi ed Wait an dthe same speakers of t m Iafternoon in addition to Miss Rus Lhe ton addressed the largze audien< Miss Rushton is the conseerati ci ol- missionary in Columbia. Both M ithi Mnichi and Mrs McD)onald are gift ks. speakers, and their tale,ts have be he highly cultivated in the best scho; in of the country and as well as by 4 tensive travel. They are devoted to their work and are earnest in the great cause of soul saving. Mrs. Alice Robertson, of our city, charmed the audience with a lovely vocal selection. She was accompan ied by the piano and violin which ad ded much bealty to the well chosen piece. The following resolutions were read by Mrs. E. T. Knowlton, of Co lumbia, and adopted by a rising vote: As the time for parting has come, we. the women of the "Woman's Home Mission Society," desire to thank the good people of Newberry for their gracious and unstinted hos pitality. The keys of the city, 'gates and the innumerable latch strings to their homes and hearts have been put into our hands, and our stay has been an unbroken pleasure to every one of us-for all of which we thank you. To Dr. Wolling we extend thanks for his wise counsel and suggestions, for his helpful talks, and for lhis con tinuous consideration toward us, as pastor of the church. . We pray that his "days may be long in the And," and that his life of active service for Christ may be crowned with an un clouded sunset. To Mrs. McDonnell we desire to ex tend our appreciation of the help and pleasure we have derived from her presence in our midst. We thaiik her for coming to us at this time, for her forceful discussion of the work so dear to our hearts and the new thoughts she has given us, which will help us in many ways in the further pursuance of our work. Her many qualities of mind and heart and her Christian personality have made a warm place for her in the hearts of the members of the "W. H. M. S.' of South Carolina, and reluctantly do we say to her "Good-bye.'' To Dr. Watson we extend the right hand of fellowship for the masterly sermon this morning, in which hE gave such hearty endorsement of oui organization and led us into a higher conception of our duty as a home mission society. His presentation of the needs of the home field and the possibilities of our own society will long be an inspiration to us. To the gifted singers in the choir who have given such faithful service and thrilled our souls with their melo dy, we tender loving thanks, while w4 assure them that their beautifu hymns of praise and devotion wil ever linger in our hearts a swee music-mnemory of our visit here. STo Mr. Graves we are indebted fo: -much .kindness and many courtesie which none but the Christian gentle men can offer. We deeply feel our obligations t< the ladies of the local societies fo their cordiality and spirit of goot felkpwsh.ip. To them we offer a wart Shand-clasp at this time of leave-tak~ ing. But there is sweetness in th thought that we shall still be joine in heart while "we hope to mee again. After singing 'God be with you til ewe meet again,'' Mr. Graves pr< ,Inounced the benediction and th: pleasant and profitable session ci Sthe ninth annual,eonference came~ i a close.___ ___ d C. C. & 0. DIRECTORS MEET IN SPARTANBUR SGeorge L. Carter Chosen Presides Sand M. J. Caples Vice President and General Manager. The State. Spartanburg, Oct. 16.-At a mee ing of t'he directors of t.he South s Western Railroad company, the Soul - Carolina division of the Carolin - Clinehfield & Ohio railroad, held he y today in the office of Mr. R. K. Ca son, the affairs of the South Car ilina corporation were turned over s. the permanent officers. Mr. Geor; e L. Carter was elected president, su b- eedinig Mr. R. K. Carson, resigne e. M. J. Ca pies was elected vice pret y dent and general -manager, and 1Y ss Jere C. Stone was elected secreta ed and treasurer. Mr. J. Norment Po n eli. general counsel for the road, wv ipresent at the meeting. Mr. Pow wil b in the cit for a day or so. PLANT COTTON FOR SEED SALE! Large Quantities Can be Sold to Peo ple in the South-Weeding Out Weevil. The State, 17. Through Prof. Harper, director of the State experiment station, Com missioner Watson has received from a. large exporter in New Orleans a re quest for the names and addresses of growers who can furnish certain varieties of cotton seed commonly grown in this State, for exportation purposes, in carload lots. The letter from the exporter is as follows: "I beg to advise that we handle cotton seed for planting purposes in large quantities for export and are now in the market for some of the Peterkin, Texas Oak and King varie -ties in carload shipments of 20 to 25 tots each, and we will be very much obliged to you if you will kindly send us the names and addresses of such growers and dealers as you know of in your State handling these seeds in the quantities desired." Commissioner Watson requests that any growers of cotton who desire to avail themselves of this opportunity will write to him directly, whereupon he will furnish them with the ad dress of the exporter making the in quiry. In transmitting ethe matter to Commissioner Watson, Prof. Harper writes of the new variety of cotton that the State station has succeeded in establishing and points out the es sential fact that there is an excellent opportunity for growers in -this State to give attention to the production of cotton seed for market purposes. He says: "It seems to me that the time has come when a great number of out farmers of the Piedmont section should go into the raising of cotton for seed. If they would practice a little careful selection in a few years it would be possible to get a higb grade cotton of good quality and onE that would mature early. For a long I time-in fact, I believe for genera tions to come-the people of Texa. are going to have the cotton boll wee vil, and if they continue to raise cot ton they must fight the weevil b, raising an early maturing variety. T( get a variety that will mature earl they must depend largely on seet from North Carolina and South Car olina, because even the earliest ma turing varieties tend to become lati when grown after a number of year in Texas and Louisiana. I have thi v ear a hybrid cotton that is by fa the earliest cotton to be found in thi country. On the 1st of October 91 per cent of the bolls were open, an Ipractically all of the cotton was picb ed at the first picking, probably no more than 1 per cent. was left in th field. It 'has one drawback, howevel in that its staple is rather short abou ,6-8 inch.'' tASKS FOR COURTMARTIAL 11OF STATE MILITIAME] Capt. Nicholls of Hampton Guard Writes Col. Lewis-Charges S1 Against Employers. The State. ,Spa rt.anburg. Oct. 15.--Capt. S. Nicholls of the Hampton Guari , stated here tonight .that he had wri Sten Col. Lewis reques'ting the orde: ing of a courtmartial to be heldi tSpartanburg for the purpose of hea: ing -the cases against Corporal Ha and Privates Rodgers and Wilds< .the Hampton Guards. The, ehar against Corporal Hall is of di'sobeyix torders when on duty. The privat &are' charged with deserting in time a, These two privates are the on mem n:bers of the Spartanburg cor e-pny wh.4o refused to answer the et o- jto arms when the company was c to dered obut to defend the jail here la Saturday. It is the purpose of tI e- oficers to press these cases, tha.t t' d. iprtan1ce of duty oni the p)art of t1 - Imembers of the State troops umyI ry Action may .also be taken again - eertain employers who are rep)ort, sto hatve discharged men in t-heir er 1l ploy who served in the militia durii the ay of the trouble here. MR. S. H. McLLAiv~ rtcvrJLv r.,. Is Made City Ticket Agent for South- o ern Railroad at Co- it lumbia. it -- S Mr. B. Harris Todd, who has been t' connected with the Columbia offices of i: the Southern railway for over 12 t years. leaves Sunday for Washington, il where he will become chief clerk in ! t the baggage department in the office b of the general passenger agent. Mr. : Todd will be succeeded as passenger s and ticket agent of the Southern by a Mr. S. H. McLean, now of Belton. e Mr. McLean is expected to arrive in f the city tomorrow to assume charge t of his duties at once. i The announcement of the departure of Mr. Todd comes with regret to his 4 many friends in Columbia, who, while 1 glad to learn of his promotion, feel , that he will be missed in local rail- i road circles. Mr. Todd has risen rap- i idly in the service of the road. He came here from the upper part of the i State in 1896 and served as second assistant ticket agent at the old un- 1 ion depot. He was also an assistant at the new union station and was placed in charge there in 1901, where he served until 1903, when he was made both passenger and ticket agent at the uptown office of the Southern. Mr. Todd has at all times been one. of the most accommodating officials I and won many friends for the South ern by close application to business. One of those connected with the rail road yesterday said: "The removal from this city of Harris Todd is a distinct loss to the Southern railway. Few who go to' 1513 Main street did not know him avell and he will be missed." Mr. McLean, who succeeds Mr. Todd, is no stranger to Columbians. He was once one of the traveling re presentatives of the legal department of the Southern and served as ticket agent at Union' and afterwards at Belton. He comes highly recommend ed to take up the work Mr. Todd leaves.-The State. 16th. Mr. McLean was for several years the popular agent of the Southern at Newberry and has many friends here who will be delighted at the promo tion which has come to him. Mrs. McLean was Miss Ellie Hunt, of Nei; berry, before her marriage and has n.any relatives in Newberry. I THE C.C. &O. R.R. The Road to the Coast Will Go Via Columbia--Direct Line to Charleston. It is entirely natural that Spartan-| burg should be elated over the en ~trance of the New Carolina, Clinch field & Ohio rail,way, the great coal ecarrying road that is being built from the coal fields of Virginia to a pros pective seaport. The location of this railroad in Spartanburg will mean a great deal to that city and for the present .the Spartan City will be its mai.n oultto the South. Charlotte as the Carolina. Clinchfield & Ohio is now moving into Charlotte over the Seaboard Air Line railway tracks, conneting at Bositie', a point near Rutherfordton. The Wilmington .people pelieve that that city will be s made the port. - The State has reliable information - that the route which will be undoubt n edly taken by the new road is from - 130stic to Columbia and thence to 1 Charleston, which awill be its port. f The logic is apparen.t to any one that e the railroad will not deviate to the g west in order to place Spartanburg s on its ultimate main line, when by ftraversing the other route it will pass through a rich industrial section; y that such a port as Wilmington will - and it is not reasonble to suppose .11 b)e used, when Charleston. with a real r- harbor and deep water. presents such t wonderful advantages. e A ruler placed on the niap will Te how the straig.ht line from the coal tfields to t.he - sea. From Johnson >e ity. Tenn.. through Marion, N. C.. to Bowtic and Columbia, the line lies as t the crow flies, and the crow would d have to change his course but a little to fly straight to Charleston. SA Columbia business man who has ben watcin the C'arolina. Clineh. LCIUL W.~ jIJ1 u taO lubuv.L "Just what this wonderful artery f travel will mean to this section is icalculable. The whole secret is 2is: Superb grading will allow mon :er trains to run with practically lit e expenditure for motive power, and i time rates must be lower. This 2ought could be expanded almost ad bitum, but this is the gist of it all, ie nucleus. Figures that can not lie, ecause there are other figures to ear out their truths, will demon trate this. Much has been written f the work on the railway and its xquisite scenic beauty, but its doubt ul if the people of the South Atlan ic States realize yet what it will aean to them. "The confidence in the awakened ;outh, and its possibilities, is shown iy the fact that a syndicate of great ealth consents to build such a rail -oad, looking with far-seeing eyes in ;o the future, and at the same time ,ognizant of what is here already. It s the railroads that have made the south, and the South is beginning to )elieve it. "The Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio will in the future-not such a far fu ,ure at that-run its trains from the Virginia coal fields to Columbia and to Charleston. And if the Spartan burgers and the Wilmingtonians and the Savannahians don't believe this, let them wait and see." BUREAU OF INFORMATION. [f You Are Going to the Fair And Want Information Read This. The people of Columbia have or ganized a bureau of information for the benefit of the visitors to the State Fair next week. The bureau is located at 1206 Main st. and is entire ly for the accommodation and conven ience of the visitors. Any in'forma tion that is possible to be given will be furnished without cost. The editor of The Herald and News has received the following from the manager and takes pleasure, in print ing it for the information of our readers: The writer, as manager of the Co lumbia Bureau of Information, an auxiliary of the local chamber of commerce, is making a very earnest effort to care for the Fair Week vis-. itors in. an intelligent and agreeable manner and believing that The Her ald and News will be interested in having its subscribers pleasantly quartered during their annual visit to Columbia and the Fair. he is going to ask that you give the Columbia Bureau of Information sneh notice as yo care to. embodying the follow ing data: Anr narty or individual intending to visit Columbia during the Fair, who will advise the manager of the Bureau of Information the date they intend to visit the city, the number of persons in the party and the number of rooms desired. will have the most comfortable quarters assigned them in the ontion of the bureau. During their visit they may also have their mail addressed care Bureau of Infor rrition. 1206 Main street. The ef forts of the bureau on behalf of the promfort of the visitors is gratis as there will be absolutely no charge for its services. . Hoping that vou will be among the visitors from Newberry, believe me, Youmrs very truly, R. J. Person, Jr.. Manager. A certain laavyer of Toronto is in the habit of lecturing his office staff, from the .iunior partner down, and Tommy. the office boy, comes in for his full share of the admonition. That Ihis words were appreciated was made evident to the lawyer by a conver Isation between Tommy and another office boy on the same floor which he recently overheard: "Woteher wages?'' asked the oth er hov. "Ten thousand a year.' replied Tomm 'v. "Aw, g'wan!'' "Sure,'' insisted Tommy, unabash ed. "Four dollars a week cash, an' de rest in legal advice.''-Every odyv's.